Item
LED
Status
Definition
Flashing amber/blue
(1 flash per second)
The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has been
received for this drive; it also has been identified by a
management application.
Flashing amber
(1 flash per second)
A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
2
Online
\Activity
Solid green
The drive is online and has no activity.
Flashing green
(4 flashes per second)
The drive is operating normally and has activity.
Flashing green
(1 flash per second)
The drive is doing one of the following:
• Rebuilding
• Performing a RAID migration
• Performing a strip size migration
• Performing a capacity expansion
• Performing a logical drive extension
• Erasing
• Spare part activation
Off
The drive is not configured by a RAID controller or a spare
drive.
NVMe SSD LEDs
The NVMe SSD is a PCIe bus device. A device attached to a PCIe bus cannot be removed without
allowing the device and bus to complete and cease the signal/traffic flow.
CAUTION:
Do not remove an NVMe SSD from the drive bay while the Do not remove LED is flashing. The Do
not remove LED flashes to indicate that the device is still in use. Removing the NVMe SSD before
the device has completed and ceased signal/traffic flow can cause loss of data.
2
3
4
5
1
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NVMe SSD LEDs
